Soothe Your Sore Throat Naturally with Cayenne Pepper

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Posted by Latoya (Greenville, North Carolina) on 07/26/2009
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On Friday night, I came home sneezing and with the beginnings of a sore throat. Through the night, my sinuses drained into my throat as I slept and I woke up with a burning raw throat. I got on the internet looking for anything that would allow me to get back to sleep when I found this site. I was skeptical about the cayenne pepper and I could only imagine how it would burn. To my suprise it wasnt that bad. I started with a gargle (1/4 teaspoon in 8 oz of warm water. I gargled for about 5 minutes and had almost instant relief (this was about 7:45 am). I followed the suggestions of another user about putting vaseline on your lips prior to gargling and I think that helped with the burning sensation a lot. I also ate yogurt afterwards to increase the cooling. Later that day I ate chili from Wendy's (12:00 noon) with about 5 nice dashes of cayenne (it was great) and I had chicken noodle soup (5 pm) with about 6-7 dashes of cayenne and the spiciness was almost similar to how it tastes when I add black pepper. It was very spicy towards the end of the soup (cayenne settles at the bottom) but I bravely drank the remaining broth. I will always be greatful to this site and cayenne pepper lol

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Posted by Kilihunebabe (Steilacoom, WA) on 07/22/2009
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i did the cayenne pepper gargle once every 15 minutes for two hours, then drank the cayenne pepper, honey and lemon tea for about four hours following, doing the cayenne pepper gargle once an hour. the gargle definitely stung but the almost instantaneous relief was worth the moderate discomfort of the sting. over the course of 6 hours, my throat went from "streppy" to nearly pain free. i'd lay odds that if i had kept up the cayenne remedies for the remainder of the day, the entire cold would have been knocked out of the park!

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Posted by Sarah (Fort Collins, CO) on 07/15/2009
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Cayenne pepper worked for my sore throat! I have a cold with really bad nasal congestion and a terrible sore throat. I made a "tea" with hot water, 2 T ACV and 1/4 t cayenne. I'm not sure if I would have been able to drink it if I wasn't completely congested because my husband said it smelled terrible, but to me it just tasted like hot water. I drank two cups of this tea and my sore throat is much better. I was hoping the cayenne would help with the congestion too, but hasn't so far.

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Posted by Miguel (Carson City, Nevada) on 07/12/2009
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I was really skeptical to use cayenne pepper. Since May I have had a horrible cough and I've been coughing up mucus for about two months. I've also had strep throat 3 times this year. Right now it's the third time. I didn't even think I had cayenne pepper and I eventually decided to look for it and to my surprise I did have it. I was originally going to try gargling cayenne pepper and peroxide. I decided to try this instead. It honestly worked for me and I am very surprised. Even drinking cold water was incredibly painful. It was swallowing that hurt the most, though. My throat is still a little sore but it doesn't sting nearly as much as it did before. I'm still drinking my tea and I also made ramen with some cayenne pepper so I'm sure by the time I finish them both I'll feel a lot better.

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Posted by Emily (Vancouver, BC) on 07/08/2009
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I've had a wicked sore throat for the past 2 days. In a desperate move I tried the 1/2 t of cayenne pepper mixed with a mug full of warm water, gargling for 10 seconds every 15 minutes... it was so disgusting and my mouth was on fire after each attempt... but 2 hours later and I can swallow without the stabbing pain at the back of my throat. Thanks for the tip

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Posted by Klaeber (Newton, Kansas) on 07/01/2009
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Yesterday I began developing a cold: Congestion, Sore Throat, Chills. The chills have subsided and the congestion continues, but I believe I have purchased relief from the sore throat through cayenne. In the middle of the night, I tried the ACV, but it only relieved the symptoms temporarily. This morning, I tried 1/8 t. of cayenne to 1 T. honey in a mug of hot water. I've been sipping off and on this morning with MUCH relief from the throat issues. Thank you!

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Posted by Eveline (Candian living in Spain) on 06/05/2009
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I was having problems a couple of weeks ago with a very mild sore throat. One of those that hurt in the morning but would go away during the course of the day but for me that usually is a warning that something is coming. I started gargling with salt water (my previous favourite rememdy). I also read about the honey and ACV so I mixed that up and would have tsps of that every so often throughout the day. However, morning after morning my throat would still be sore. I was anxious to get rid of it because I was packing up and starting to travel around Spain. Then I added cayenne pepper (maybe 1/4 tsp.). Wow. What a great thing. The very next morning I had no more sore throat. Now, as I travel I have half a lemon in water with cayenne every morning and sometimes at night as well. With traveling on trains and planes and changing climates lately from very hot to quite cool and wet I want to make sure I keep any illnesses at bay. Yay, cayenne pepper!

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Posted by Norman (Spokane, Washington) on 05/31/2009
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i recently read this Cayanne pepper article after having a TERRIBLE sore throat for several days which made it hard to breath at times and made me short on breath constantly. i had been taking meds which are suppose to help... but didnt. i found this and tried it, and after only about two hours or so i could breath well and my throat didnt hurt at all. It did get worse to start, but after about the third gargle, i coughed something up and was alot better.

PS This will most likly make you sweat, but way worth it.

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Posted by Rachel (Concord, CA) on 05/31/2009
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When i first read the remidie I was not so sure, but I had a bad sore troat and I was desperate, I have finals! So, since I was a little frightened to use it, i did about 1/2 cup of water, a coupple sprikles of cayenne pepper and put a genrous amount of honey. I feel a lot better! But after reading the Nays, i would not suggest sipping it, unless in OJ.

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Posted by NM (Norcross, GA) on 05/27/2009
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I had a sore throat for a couple of days and as it seem to get worse I came back to this site and I read what others had done and I tried it, I just put some cayanne pepper in 8 oz of water and I just held it in my mouth and I held my head back so that it could go to my throat. Then I spit it out and I could not believe, it but my throat was fine. I put the rest in the fridge just in case it came back the next day, but it didn't. It has been 5 days and I am still fine. Thanks for this site.

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Posted by Celena (Morgantown, WV) on 05/20/2009
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I used a little less then 1/8 teaspoon in my mixture, I also added 1/2 juice of a lemon, and 1 teaspoon honey, which made the "tea" taste better. I've used this remedy before, but only after I had went to the Doctor, I needed relief before the antibiotics kicked in. I have recommended this to friends and family because it truly works. I had a horrible sore throat last night before bed, I went to sleep thinking I'll call the doctor in the morning, but when I woke up at 5am with my throat hurting so bad I couldn't sleep, I remembered this remedy, so at 5 in the morning here I am gargling with the mixture. This gave me enough relief that I was able to go back to sleep, and when I woke up 2 hours later I went right back to the gargle. My throat feels so much better!! I'm not completely cured, but I'm sure that I will be by the days end.

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Posted by Elena (Honolulu, Hawaii) on 05/15/2009
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I recently had a sore throat that was plaguing me for over 3 weeks. Not only was the pain affecting what I ate, but it was affecting my sleeping, and I was just too tired for everything. Nothing over-the-counter worked. My doctor couldn't prescribe anything except to say to continue with the warm salt gargle and to continue with over-the-counter meds. The salt garble wasn't really working until I added a couple of dashes of cayanne pepper. In about 8 ounces of warm salted water, I started with one dash and finally built up to 4 dashes. It's important to continue to stir the water so that the pepper doesn't settle. I garbled every morning, when I came home from work, and before bed for 3 days. Because I couldn't gargle the water deep enough down my throat without gagging, I resorted to drinking ramen broth with as much cayanne pepper as I could handle. I sipped a little of the broth with pepper at each meal. I found that the hotter the liquid, the more pepper I could tolerate. And the more pepper I consumed, the better my throat felt. I also found that a couple of dashes in hot cocoa is great. I used a popular hot cocoa brand that had milk in the powered mix that only required water. To that I added two dashes of cayanne pepper. I was able to tolerate up to about 7 dashes of pepper. In about 3 days I was pretty much cured. I continued to drink my cocoa mix with cayanne pepper once a day for about a week just in case, and well, because I aquired a taste for it.

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Posted by UA Student (Tucson, AZ) on 05/10/2009
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I woke up this morning with a sore throat and have to go to work today where I am constantly talking to patrons. I decided to warm a coffee mug with warm water and about 1/2 a teaspoon full of cayenne pepper and gargled. It feels remarkably better! The only side effect I would say I felt is that my lips are kind of burning like I just ate some spicy salsa. But definitely worth it!

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Posted by xsosdid (London, Ontario) on 05/15/2009
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WARNING!

Hi,

About one week ago I started having some sinus issues, and my problem was with my eyes: they ached so bad!. I started looking on the internet for cures and came upon this site, so I tried it. I have to warn people: do not EVER put pepper in your eyes. Oh my God it hurts. It was 3 AM and I was running around the house screaming. I hit our screen door and ran right through it and fell down our front stairs. I was still screaming. I didn't know where I was and all I could do was run like somebody who is on fire. I hit my neighbour's tree headfirst and was knocked unconscious, thankyou God because I couldn't feel the horrible burning any more. It was like a hundred flaming needles in my eyes. Now I am OK but it still hurts when I look at bright lights and when I shake my head "no".

My sinuses are better now, though.

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Posted by Cammicty (Veenendaal, Ca) on 07/10/2009

Wow I've been using Cayenne forever, too stop bleeding and more, an old Indian rememdy. Coagulated my mom's bleeding in the hospital once, when the head nurse could not stop it, and colds well infection Cayenne is the best. But lord tell me who in the world would think to put any type of pepper in their eyes. This one was classic! Wow!

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Posted by Chelsea (Greenville, Sc Usa) on 01/06/2010

The remedy never said to put it in your eyes. Wow. Common sense should have taken over.

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Posted by Jula (Hesperia, Ca, Us) on 03/04/2010

i've had a really bad sore throat for 4 days now and i'm looking forward to getting results from what i've read. But i must say, the pepper in the eyes was so classic. that's a good laugh for sure. i'm going to pass this on to my friends just so they can have a good laugh about this too, but of course i want them to learn the benifets of the chili too. thanks.

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Posted by Hh (San Diego, Ca) on 04/10/2010

If you ever get anything spicy in your eyes, immediately flush your eyes with milk. Dumbie me, I rubbed my eyes one time after chopping jalepeno peppers and not properly washing my hands. The burning was terrible but the milk worked instantly. Also works if you eat something too spicy.

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Posted by Kurt (Ames, Ia) on 09/03/2011

Wow. Laying in bed after first cayenne gargle starting to feel slightly better. I think this post just made my day. I was literally laughing out loud. Woke my roommates up. There are some people in this world huh? I never post on threads but I felt that in this case it was necessary.

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Posted by Tricia (Sanford, Florida) on 05/01/2009
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Yesterday morning I woke up with a sore throat, and it wasn't the dry, itchy kind, either. It was mildly painful, and I knew if I didn't do something fast, it would only get worse. I gargled a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, and it relieved the symptoms, and I felt fine until mid-afternoon. The pain in my throat started creeping back in, I started to develope a runny nose, had a very mild fever, and my body started to to ache a little. When I arrived home, I could barely swallow, it hurt so much! Then, bypassing the hydrogen peroxide, I approx. 1/8 of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper and approx. a tablespoon of honey to a cup of hot water. I took my time, sipping the concoction over a period of about hour while I browsed the web. Well, I went from a pain level that was between 8-9 on a scale of 10 to a pain level between 4-5. I mixed another cup of the mixture and sipped at that for another half hour. By the time I went to bed, the pain level was between 1-2. I slept through the night and when I woke the pain was almost completely gone. I'm sipping on some more right now, and to be honest, my throat feels back to normal. My nose is still a bit runny, and I'm extremely tired and a little weak, but that's about it. I'm going to add apple cider vinegar to my routine today. I've been rather lax about taking the ACV lately, but that won't happen again, believe me! Bottom line---I'm convinced that the cayenne pepper cured my sore throat!

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Posted by Katelynn (Indianapolis, Indiana) on 04/29/2009
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i recently started having a very sore throat that felt a little congested and so i looked up any type of remedy to try because i was desperate i tried the cayenne pepper with warm water and hot sauce (a certain name hotsauce starting with an F) i gargled and then swallowed like 3 mouth fulls and it instantly started feeling better...plus the more you use the better it feels for the measurements i just filled a coffee cup 1/2 full with warm water and then poured in the cayenne pepper until it was really red and then put in like 4 drops of hot sauce. it worked for the throat and cleared out my nose but some congestion is still there